The disembodied voice of Amazon’s Alexa may have finally found a vessel suitable for helping with recipes, turning on the lawn sprinklers, or reading an audio book in the bathtub.… Read More
Tracking technology company Tile will offer a device and experience that works with the upcoming Amazon Sidewalk neighborhood wireless network to help people find lost items, Amazon announced Monday morning.… Read More
Despite a growing list of challengers, Amazon remains the dominant force in the global smart speaker market, accounting for more than a third of all sales in the quarter, according… Read More
If you woke up this morning and said anything to Amazon’s Alexa, hopefully “happy birthday” was in there somewhere, as the tech giant’s voice assistant turned 5 years old on… Read More
A few years ago Amazon was putting the finishing touches on two important pieces of hardware that came out within just a few months of each other: The Fire Phone… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa may very well be a teetotaler, but she sure dresses the part of a beer lover. At least that’s the case in a new creation from Rudy Willingham,… Read More
That smart speaker in your home could serve as the base for another smart — and adorable — idea if you buy into what Eric Grudzien and Karen McIlquham have… Read More
Amazon’s hardware R&D teams are keeping busy, as the tech giant is reportedly working on a pair of intriguing new projects out of its secretive Lab126 group in Sunnyvale, Calif.:… Read More
Amazon today revealed the latest version of the Alexa-powered Echo Show smart display: a smaller model at a much lower price point. The new Echo Show 5 is named for… Read More
Amazon Web Services plans to launch a certification program Tuesday that will give developers building so-called “skills” for its Echo digital assistants a way to verify their abilities. The AWS… Read More
Behind Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa are thousands of humans reviewing some of the millions of utterances people make to their smart speakers, according to a new report from Bloomberg. These… Read More
There’s been some buzz about Google’s smart speakers catching up to Amazon’s market-leading offerings in recent months, but a new survey estimates that the Seattle tech giant’s Alexa-powered devices continue… Read More
The Google Assistant finished tops among the digital brains that power smart speakers in an extensive Q&A test, answering nearly 88 percent of queries correctly. The test by Minnesota venture… Read More
As part of its continuing effort to make the intelligent voice assistant Alexa available everywhere, Amazon has announced that third-party devices will now work with Alexa for Business, its program… Read More
Ecommerce is known for its waves of innovation. From the rise of pure-plays to the advent of multi-channel and subscription commerce, we’ve seen the category disrupted more than once. Now,… Read More
Developers interested in building their own array of Alexa-powered devices will have some new tools to work with thanks to the arrival of a software-development kit and a hardware reference… Read More
I have three Amazon Echo Dot devices in my home, which is kind of an ironic admission to make at the start of a rant about new devices from the… Read More
Amazon today unveiled 13 brand new devices, some expected, others surprising, as the tech giant continues its quest to put its digital brain Alexa everywhere. The announcements included refreshed versions… Read More
Warehouse workers confined in cages? That’s the dark vision evoked by an essay delving into the worries that come along with the development of artificial-intelligence devices such as the Amazon… Read More
Google is aiming to challenge Amazon’s Echo Show by releasing its own smart speaker equipped with a screen in time for this year’s holiday season, Nikkei Asian Review reported today.… Read More
Samsung is making its entry into the competitive smart speaker market with the announcement of Galaxy Home, taking on fellow tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google and others. Samsung unveiled the… Read More
Inside its corporate headquarters in Seattle, Amazon provided NBC’s “Today” show with an exclusive look behind closed doors at the “home of the future,” where the chief occupant is Alexa,… Read More
Amazon is giving users more control over their Echo smart speakers with a series of new commands to adjust bass, treble and mid-range settings. The new equalizer feature lets users… Read More
Kids and their parents are getting a new way to use Amazon Echo devices for learning about music. And it’s coming as an Alexa skill from the person who once… Read More
After a strong 2017, Amazon’s line of Echo smart speakers have overtaken Fire tablets as the tech giant’s most popular devices, according to a new report. The report from Futuresource… Read More
Smart home hub. Streaming music source. Dad joke repository. But Amazon’s Alexa has one skill that dates back to the introduction of the Echo, one that many rely upon every… Read More
Google outsold Amazon in the competitive smart speaker market for the first time ever in the first quarter, a report from technology research firm Canalys claims. According to the report, Google… Read More
Excess inventory of Apple HomePods is piling up at Apple stores, as the smart speaker has struggled to make a dent in the competitive market led by Amazon’s Echo, according… Read More
Amazon powered its prolific 2017, which saw the release of a cavalcade of new products and services, with $22.6 billion in spending on research and development, tops among U.S. companies.… Read More
That Amazon Echo device in your home is about to get a lot more vocal — using your words. Amazon today is rolling out a new feature called Alexa Announcements… Read More